UPDATE: THE national holiday road toll remains at 31, with no fatal accidents across the country so far today.
The last death occurred in Western Australia late last night, when the driver of a Toyota Land Cruiser was killed when it crashed into a tree and caught fire south of Perth shortly before 11pm (WST).
THE CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR NATIONAL ROAD TOLL STANDS AT 31:
- NSW - 8
- VICTORIA - 7
- QUEENSLAND -4
- WA - 6
- SA - 4
- TASMANIA - 2
- ACT - 0
- NT - 0
- TOTAL - 31
A pedestrian was killed after being hit by two separate cars in Tasmania. The 21-year-old man was standing on the Tasman Highway when he was struck by a ute at Cambridge, east of Hobart, at about 2.40am (AEDT) yesterday.
The ute did not stop and shortly afterwards a sedan travelling west on the highway ran over the man, who was injured and lying on the road. The man died at the scene.
In Victoria, a man died following a crash involving two cars at Hoddle Street in East Melbourne.
One car ran into the back of the other vehicle just before 5.20am (AEDT), propelling it into a tree on the footpath.
A male passenger in one of the cars died at the scene.
Meanwhile, a NSW motorcyclist died following a collision with a ute in the state's north.
The man in his 60s was riding his motorbike on the Summerland Way, near Whiporie, when it hit a Mazda ute at about 10.45am (AEDT).
The motorcyclist died at the scene while the driver of the ute was not hurt, police said.
On Friday night, a 38-year-old woman died after a head-on collision near Bundaberg in central Queensland.
Four other people were taken to hospital as a result of the crash.
In Western Australia on Friday night a woman was killed and another injured in a fatal crash north of Perth.
The 28-year-old female driver of a Holden sedan was killed when she lost control of the vehicle at Stirling and rolled down an embankment at about 6.30pm.
The toll period started on Sunday, December 23 and ends on Thursday, January 3.
